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When Faye Dunaway married Chewbecca after a string of heartbreaks in the late ‘70s, everything was champagne and tree houses for a time. They received…
They came at night and dragged me to the colonies. They had pillars there. They had pyres there. Mary Gaitskill was their Queen there. “Beware,”…
When my cousins visit I tell them my two GI Joes are in Barbie’s convertible because I can’t find their ATV. “Don’t worry,” I say….
[Oprah, do you remember when you rescued the child from his life of raising sheep? when you snatched his overalls and ceased his convulsions on…
Thunder during snow. Disintegration. A run over snake in the road leading to the Night Dance. Josephine Baker tumbles off a roof. This moon low…
I think about Dawn or CVS brand dish soap. I think “This one?” I think, “Yes, Cottonelle. Yes, clean-feeling ass.” I think, ,about sneezing but…
When Mr. Hawk died, he discovered something. Heaven was like being the library forever. Hell was like being in the library forever. Only one of…
All hail the miracle of 3D. The rat’s eye view of the housekeeper, giblets dangling through the sewer grate. Then nipples reaching out for you….
I watched Dr. Phil yesterday. Everything he said was so right. So true. I was humbled in his presence. I took green beans out of…
Nothing is there that is Illinois. Nor Illinois is. Not a thing at all. Perhaps my worries. Easy it’s to be deceived because Chicago; and…